Meeth Halt railway station

Meeth Halt
Site of old station, now part of a long-distance footpath
General information
LocationMeeth, West Devon
England
Grid referenceSS546079
PlatformsOne
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
27 July 1925Opened
1 March 1965Closed

Opened in 1925, Meeth Halt was a small railway station on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.[1] The line was built in part over a narrow gauge line that was used from 1881 to take ball clay from claypits at Marland and Meeth to Torrington, which was until 1925 the terminus of a branch from Barnstaple.

The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1965[2] as part of the Beeching proposals, but remained open for freight from the Meeth clay workings north of Meeth Halt through Torrington to Barnstaple until 1982.[3] The station consisted of a simple short concrete platform and a stone shelter and remains as a recognisable landmark on the Tarka Trail, a very popular destination for long-distance walkers and cyclists.[4] As a result it is in the process of a major renovation.[5]

References

  1. ^ Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell, V & Smith, K: Midhurst, Middleton Press, 1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
  2. ^ Discovering Britain's lost railways Atterbury, P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7
  3. ^ Freight details[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Local authority details
  5. ^ Planning application[permanent dead link‍]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Petrockstow   North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965) 		  Hatherleigh

See also

50°51′07″N 4°3′59.2″W / 50.85194°N 4.066444°W / 50.85194; -4.066444


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